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Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and Liberia to the southeast. Sierra Leone is located on the Atlantic Ocean, and is unlike the rest of West Africa, a mountainous country.
In most of the coastal landscape consists of swampy plain, while numerous volcanic mountain range south-east of the capital Freetown. North of the country, the landscape is characterized by a savanna highlands called Bolilands. The beaches here are absolutely beautiful, and each of these (and there's plenty of them) seems to Serve up something different - from the black sand at York Beach to the white sand at River Number 2 The beaches are at the very center of Sierra Leone's offering two tourists. The forest reserve that Kangari Hills is home to an IMPORTANT forest wildlife community, including forest and savanna dependent birds, chimpanzees and elephants. |
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